Shmuel Kamenetsky

Shmuel Kamenetsky

Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky has been co-rosh yeshiva of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia for the past 50 years with Rabbi Elya Svei and is probably the current best-known Gadol (Haredi Litvish Jewish religious leader) outside the land of Israel.Fact|date=March 2008 He is the most famous son of Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky.

Rabbi Kamenetsky is a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Israel of America.

Rabbi Kamenetsky serves on the rabbinical board of many organizations including Chinuch Atzmai (Torah Schools for Israel), Torah Umesorah, the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation and the Association for Jewish Outreach Professionals (AJOP).

Rabbi Kamenetsky's sons include Rabbi Sholom Kamenetsky, an instructor of Talmud in the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia, Rabbi Avrohom Kamenetsky, an instructor of Talmud at Yeshivas Bais Yisroel in Jerusalem, Rabbi Zev Kamenetsky of Lakewood NJ, an instructor of Talmud at Belmar yeshiva, and Rabbi Dovid Kamenetsky, a Talmud instructor at Yeshivat Darche Noam/Shapell's in Jerusalem. Rabbi Kamenetzky's son-in-law is Rabbi Tzvi Berkowitz, a noted lecturer at Ner Israel Rabbinical College.

Rabbi Kamenetzky is a primary student of Rabbi Aharon Kotler Zt"l, from whom he received smicha, or Rabbinic ordination. Rabbi Kamenetzky, prior to studying in Beth Medrash Govoha, studied in Ner Israel Rabbinical College, under the tutelage of his father's cousin, Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman Zt"l.

External links

* [http://www.darchenoam.org/news/nw_rskamenetsky.htm Pictures and Audio from Rabbi Kamenetsky's visit to Shapell's]
* [http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&q=Shmuel+Kamenetsky Other pictures of Rabbi Kamenetsky]
* [http://lifetransformingdiet.com/documents/RabbiKam.pdf A copy of an approbation that Rabbi Kamenetsky wrote for a book (PDF]
* [http://www.yutorah.org/BCBM/remoteGetShiurim.cfm?teacherID=ALL?types=ALL&length=ALL&publicaton=ALL&categories=ALL&teacher=ALL&masechta=ALL&fromDaf=&toDaf=&series=4024&dates=ALL&language=ALL&keywords=Shmuel+Kamenetsky&submitType=advanced&organizationOverride=DCS Audio Recordings of Lectures by Rabbi Kamenetsky]
* [http://www.torahmedia.com/search/results.php?sid=k4iv5s079ez2a35&cid=&directspeaker=Kamenetsky%2C+Rav+Shmuel More audio of Rabbi Kamenetsky]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4319710505261925778&hl=en Rabbi Kamenetsky on smoking]
* [http://toldot.ru/rus_articles.php?art_id=433 Rabbi Kamenetsky visiting a yeshiva in Israel]


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